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Eight die as wildfires consume Russian villages - Reuters
Friday, 03 September 2010
AFPEight die as wildfires consume Russian villagesReutersBurnt trees are seen in a forest outside the city of Togliatti on the Volga River in Samara... Read more...

Six men jailed for Portugal child sex abuse - BBC News
Friday, 03 September 2010
CBC.caSix men jailed for Portugal child sex abuseBBC NewsSix Portuguese men have been jailed after they were found guilty of sexual abuse at a... Read more...

Fidel Castro Gives Major Public Speech - Voice of America
Friday, 03 September 2010
CBC.caFidel Castro Gives Major Public SpeechVoice of AmericaPhoto: AP Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has delivered a major public speech,... Read more...

America

3 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - A small plane that crashed into a shallow lagoon off San Francisco Bay on Thursday, killing three people, belonged to the founder of a local... Read more...

Warrants detail stabbings at Calif. beach house (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - A 9-year-old boy ran to get cash from his mother's purse to appease an armed intruder, but when he returned the man was stabbing his parents... Read more...

Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - With less than two weeks before Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn awards a lucrative, first-of-its-kind contract for the private management of the state's... Read more...

Europe

Sweden, Finland urge EU to open peace institute (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - Sweden and Finland are urging the European Union to create an independent peace institute to broaden the scope of the bloc's peacekeeping... Read more...

After 17 years, fugitive tycoon shows in UK court (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - A Turkish Cypriot businessman who voluntarily returned to Britain after 17 years to face fraud charges learned Friday that he will have to wait... Read more...

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Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - Prosecutor says Portuguese court finds all 7 defendants guilty in major child sex abuse trial. Read more...

Asia

Suspected arms dealer's extradition to US delayed (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - A suspected Russian arms dealer's extradition to the United States will be delayed at least until Oct. 4 to allow a Thai court to review new... Read more...

Pink Panthers jewel heist suspect charged in Japan (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - Japanese prosecutors charged a man believed to belong to the "Pink Panthers" ring of jewelry thieves Friday with stealing a diamond tiara and... Read more...

Suicide blast kills Tajik policeman, wounds 25 (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - A suicide car bomb blast tore through police offices in Tajikistan's second-largest city Friday, killing one policeman and injuring 25 people,... Read more...